Singer recounts rape trauma and suit against hotel
Connie Francis testified in New York that a 1974 motel rape shattered her sex life and nearly wrecked her marriage. She sued Howard Johnson Inc. for negligence over locks, recalling the attack, ongoing nightmares, and impact on her comeback plans. Her husband Joseph Garzilli attended as she described seeks for damages.
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Connie Francis
New York
Miss Francis
Howard Johnson, Inc
Moor Lodge
Westbury
N.Y
Sentimaunly
Joseph Garzilli
West Bury
Spain legalizes political parties after Franco era
Parliament in Madrid approves a law allowing political parties for the first time since Franco banned them in 1939. The measure, backed by King Juan Carlos, passes 338 to 81 as Suarez lauds a move toward a modern democracy. The law leaves undecided the fate of the Communist party, with interior ministers hinting it may appear within two years.
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Juan Carlos
Francisco Franco
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
The
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Communist Party
Manuuel Fraga Hag
Bolivia declares state of siege amid mine unrest
President Hugo Banger's government imposes a national state of siege in La Paz arresting mining union leaders and sending troops to the nation's largest mines after violence tied to protests over the burial denial for former president Juan Jose Torres whose body was found near Buenos Aires. In Luanda tens of thousands protest executives and mercenaries as a trial of 13 foreign mercenaries, including two Americans, unfolds related to Angola's civil conflict following Portugal's independence.
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LA Paz
Ebolivia
Hugo Banger
Juan Jose Torres
Bolivia
Torres
Buenos Aires
Luanda
Angola
Portugal
Ida Hays Finds Joy After Rare Facial Repair
Ida Hays of La Grande Oregon, a 12 year old girl born with a wide facial gap and eye separation, underwent May 19 surgery at New York University Medical Center to narrow the space and reconstruct her nose. The operation improved her sight from one eye at a time to both, and the town rallied with bake sales and car washes to finance the $6,000 cost plus travel. Ida plans further surgery to correct a jaw defect, hoping to end years of torment and stares.
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Edna Herling
Miami
Charles
Mrs. Herling
Jerry
Susan Chapman
Chapman
da Hays
Ida Hays
la Grande
Ore
Ida
New York University Medical Center
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Tda
LaGrande
Actress Deborah Kerr’s stepdaughter arrested in Bogota drug case
Christine Viertel, 23, stepson of Peter Viertel and stepdaughter of actress Deborah Kerr, was arrested in Bogota as cocaine was found in her possession while she tried to board a plane. Authorities report the incident occurred Wednesday with Viertel facing drug charges.
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Deborah Kerr
Bogota
Colombia
Christine Viertel
Peter Viertel
Tom Brokaw to replace Hartz as Today host this August
NBC announced that Tom Brokaw will replace Jim Hartz as host of the Today show shortly after the GOP national convention in August. Brokaw will not be required to do commercials on the program.
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Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
NBC
White House
Jim Hartz
Quinlan Karen Anne Transferred to Morris View Nursing Home
Karen Anne Quinlan was moved under tight security from St. Clare's Hospital in Denville to Morris View Nursing Home in Morris Plains New Jersey around 9 30 p m as a downpour fell.
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Quinlan Karen Anne Quinlan
Morris View
Morris Plains
N.J
St. Clare's Hospital
Den
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